A Home Built for the Next Chapter
Onehunga Family Home 2023
A decade of memories, and a home ready for what came next.
Ian and Fiona had lived in their Onehunga home for more than a decade. The kids grew up here. Christmas mornings, school holidays, the lot. As the kids moved out, the house needed to change with them.
They wanted to stay put — and they wanted to age in place. That meant a ground-floor master so they wouldn’t be climbing stairs to bed in twenty years. And while we were at it, Fiona wanted a kitchen she could actually cook and entertain in, not the cramped one they’d been working around for a decade.
The brief: keep the character of the original home, add what was missing downstairs, stay inside a tight budget, and get it through council.
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A home that works now, and twenty years from now.
The new ground-floor extension added a full master suite — bedroom, ensuite and a walk-in wardrobe — without ever feeling like an add-on. The detailing, the roof line, the eaves: it reads as one house from the street.
Inside, the new kitchen finally gave Fiona the bench space and storage she’d been after for ten years. Modern appliances, custom cabinetry, room to entertain. The flow between kitchen, living and the new bedroom wing means Ian and Fiona never have to go upstairs unless they want to.
Before & After
The house as we found it — no ground-floor bedroom, no way to age in place without major upheaval.
New master wing added to the back. From the street, the extension reads as part of the original home.
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Inside the finished home.
The new kitchen
Ground floor master
Ensuite
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The scope, in plain English.
A ground-floor home extension with a full master suite and a new kitchen — designed to match the character of the original house and let Ian and Fiona age in place.
Ground Floor Extension
New single-level addition to the rear of the home, designed and detailed to match the existing roof line, eaves, and exterior cladding so the new and old read as one house.
New Master Bedroom
Spacious master bedroom on the ground floor with good natural light, sized for ageing in place — no stairs required to start or end the day.
Ensuite Bathroom
Full tiled ensuite with walk-in shower, accessible vanity layout, and clean modern detailing.
Walk-In Wardrobe
Built-in walk-in wardrobe off the master — proper hanging, drawers, and shelving designed around how Ian and Fiona actually use it.
New Kitchen
Full kitchen rebuild with custom cabinetry, stone benchtops, modern appliances, and bench space designed around Fiona’s cooking and entertaining.
Consent + CCC
Council building consent secured for the extension, full inspections through to Code Compliance Certificate — handled by us, signed off by council.
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